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http://dx.doi.org/10.5757/JKVS.2007.16.4.262

Magnetic Properties of Mn-substituted Magnetite Thin Films  

Lee, Hee-Jung (Department of Physics and Center for Emerging Wireless Transmission Technology)
Kim, Kwang-Joo (Department of Physics and Center for Emerging Wireless Transmission Technology)
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Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society / v.16, no.4, 2007 , pp. 262-266 More about this Journal
Abstract
Polycrystalline $Mn_xFe_{3-x}O_4$ thin films were synthesized on Si(100) substrates using sol-gel method and the effects of Mn substitution on the structural, magnetic, and magnetotransport properties were analyzed. X-ray diffraction revealed that cubic structure is maintained up to x = 1.78 with increasing lattice constant for increasing x. Such increase of the lattice constant is attributable to the substitution of $Mn^{2+}$ (with larger ionic radius) ions into tetrahedral $Fe^{3+}$(with smaller ionic radius) sites. VSM measurements revealed that $M_s$ does not vary significantly with x, qualitatively explainable by comparing spin magnetic moments of Mn and Fe ions. On the other hand, $H_c$ was found to decrease with increasing x, attributable to the decrease of magnetic anisotropy due to the decrease of $Fe^{2+}$ density through $Mn^{2+}$ substitution. Magnetoresistance (MR) of the $Mn_xFe_{3-x}O_4$ films was found to decrease with increasing x. Analysis of the MR data in comparison with the VSM results gives an indication of the tunneling of spin-polarized carriers through the grain boundaries of the polycrystalline samples at low external field and spin-flip of the carriers at high external field.
Keywords
Magnetite; Substitution; Magnetic properties; Magnetoresistance;
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